Nursing educational intervention to foster women’s self-care during their climacteric period

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M.D. Martínez-Garduño
M. Olivos-Rubio
D. Gómez-Torres
P. Cruz-Bello

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Objective: To assess nursing educational interventions fostering women’s self-care during their climacteric period.


Method: This is a quantitative, quasi-experimental, and transversal study with non-probabilistic sampling. Thirty women participated. Two instruments were used: One to gather social and demographic data, and the other to obtain the self-care data. The study was carried out in 3 stages: diagnosis, intervention, and evaluation. The non-parametric Student’s t test was calculated to compare dependent groups.


Results: Before the interventions, 90% of the women referred having a just-fair self-care level, while 6.7% a good one, and 3.3% a bad one. After the interventions program, 60% of the women referred having a just-fair self-care level, but 40% reported a good one.


Conclusion: Nursing educational interventions fostering women’s self-care during their climacteric period led to a positive modification of self-care behaviors among these women by contributing to their awareness and good decision-making. Nursing participation in the promotion of health is fundamental, including women’s wellbeing during this difficult stage of their lives.

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